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CVE-2021-43788

Nodebb is an open source Node.js based forum software. Prior to v1.18.5, a path traversal vulnerability was present that allowed users to access JSON files outside of the expected languages/ directory. The vulnerability has been patched as of v1.18.5. Users are advised to upgrade as soon as...

CVE-2021-43788 Path traversal in translator module of NobeBB

Nodebb is an open source Node.js based forum software. Prior to v1.18.5, a path traversal vulnerability was present that allowed users to access JSON files outside of the expected languages/ directory. The vulnerability has been patched as of v1.18.5. Users are advised to upgrade as soon as...

Code Security Advent Calendar 2021

We are happy to announce our sixth consecutive Code Security Advent Calendar! Born at RIPS in 2016, each calendar comprises 24 little code puzzles containing hidden security vulnerabilities that wait to be spotted. This is our way to share good vibes with the community while learning and having f...

Trojan Source: Hiding malicious code in plain sight

Researchers at the University of Cambridge, UK, have released details of a cunning and insidious new class of software vulnerability that allows attackers to hide code in plain sight, within the source code of computer programs. The techniques demonstrated by the researchers could be used to pois...

CVE-2021-38498

During process shutdown, a document could have caused a use-after-free of a languages service object, leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox 93, Thunderbird 91.2, and Firefox ESR 91.2...

Memory corruption

During process shutdown, a document could have caused a use-after-free of a languages service object, leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox 93, Thunderbird 91.2, and Firefox ESR 91.2...

UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38498

During process shutdown, a document could have caused a use-after-free of a languages service object, leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox 93, Thunderbird 91.2, and Firefox ESR 91.2...

CVE-2021-38498

During process shutdown, a document could have caused a use-after-free of a languages service object, leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox 93, Thunderbird 91.2, and Firefox ESR 91.2...

Trojan Source attack lets hackers exploit source code

By Waqas Trojan Source attack impacts all popular programming language compilers, such as C, C++, C, Java, JavaScript, Python, Rust, and Go. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Trojan Source attack lets hackers exploit source code...

vulhub

This is an open-source collection of vulnerable web applications and environments for testing and learning purposes. It is a community-driven project that aims to provide a safe and controlled environment for users to practice and improve their skills in web application security. The repository...

Mozilla: Use-after-free of nsLanguageAtomService object

During process shutdown, a document could have caused a use-after-free of a languages service object, leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox 93, Thunderbird 91.2, and Firefox ESR 91.2...

[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: redis-6.2.6-1.fc34

Redis is an advanced key-value store. It is often referred to as a data structure server since keys can contain strings, hashes, lists, sets and sorted sets. You can run atomic operations on these types, like appending to a string; incrementing the value in a hash; pushing to a list; computing se...

Mozilla: Use-after-free of nsLanguageAtomService object

During process shutdown, a document could have caused a use-after-free of a languages service object, leading to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox 93, Thunderbird 91.2, and Firefox ESR 91.2...

qTranslate X <= 3.4.6.8 - Multiple Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

The plugin does not escape some of its settings before outputting them in attributes, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfilteredhtml capability is disallowed. Affected POST Parameters: - Settings Languages Languages:...

Fedora: Security Advisory for nbdkit (FEDORA-2021-9c2ba2fcfc)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

PackageDNA - Tool To Analyze Software Packages Of Different Programming Languages That Are Being Or Will Be Used In Their Codes

This tool gives developers, researchers and companies the ability to analyze software packages of different programming languages that are being or will be used in their codes, providing information that allows them to know in advance if this library complies with processes. secure development, i...

[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: redis-6.2.5-1.fc34

Redis is an advanced key-value store. It is often referred to as a data structure server since keys can contain strings, hashes, lists, sets and sorted sets. You can run atomic operations on these types, like appending to a string; incrementing the value in a hash; pushing to a list; computing se...

GitLab: ReDoS in syntax highlighting due to Rouge

Summary Gitlab is using the ruby gem "rouge" which has a ReDoS vulnerability. In rouge, the lexers used to parse programming languages rely heavily on regular expressions. Some of the regular expressions have cubic worst-case complexity and are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service...

Malware Makers Using ‘Exotic’ Programming Languages

Malware authors are increasingly using rarely spotted programming languages such as Go, Rust, Nim and DLang in order to create new tools and to hinder analysis, researchers have found. Use of those four languages is escalating in the number of malware families being identified, according to a...